Tuesday, May 28

Spiral scarves are all the rage where I live. They are made with a special "pre-fab" yarn that is already machine crocheted.So, knowing me, I had to make one from scratch -- no "pre-fab" yarn for me!!!This little project ended up being a several month long project, and now several scarves later, I'm done -- yippee!!!The "pre-fab" yarn is not really yarn. It is actually machine woven or machine crocheted with thread. For me, working with crochet thread is more difficult than yarn. Sooo, with this in mind the first spiral, twirly scarves I made were with yarn. I like how they turned out.

These yarn scarves are great for cooler times of the year, but for summer I needed to tackle crochet thread for a lighter, airy look.The next scarves were made with size 3 crochet thread (so many more stitches, because of using thread instead of yarn!).

These scarves took a lot longer to crochet than the yarn scarves.

But so worth it because these scarves are fabulous! Once you get started the thread is easy to work with and you will truly enjoy making these crochet thread scarves.

This yellow/orange scarf (below) took an especially long time because I threaded small clear beads onto the thread and the crocheted them into the scarf.

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This is the post I was hoping to get done a couple of weeks before Mother's Day, for a Mother's Day gift idea --- oh well. At least it is done in time to make some fun summery accent scarves for yourself!

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I want to thank my youngest daughter (#5) for modeling the scarves for me. And I want to thank my oldest daughter (#1) for doing the photography.Here are the "how to" videos that will show you every step of the way to create the trendy scarves:

Monday, May 20

Oh, I felt sad that I didn't get a post on for Mother's Day. To prevent that from happening for Father's Day I thought I would not procrastinate (like I did for Mother's Day) and I would "git-er-done" now!

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This is a super cute origami shirt and tie card you can make for your men of the day (don't forget, it is June16th).You just use a regular size (8.5"x 11") piece of white or colored paper for the shirt, and a smaller (3.5"x 3.5") piece of patterned paper for the tie. That's all you need!P.S. This shirt can also be used as a awesome card for a missionary.

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Here are a couple of easy step by step videos that show you how to fold it: